No-fault evictions hit eight-year high as Labour fast tracks rent reforms
Landlords are rushing to free up their homes after Labour announced plans to push through rent reforms without a full review ...
Tory Lawrence, gifted painter who left racing commentator Lord Oaksey for Maggi Hambling
Tory Lawrence, who has died aged 86, lived a life of two distinct halves. The first centred on the equestrian world in which ...
New law needed to stop citizenship education being ‘weakly’ taught, peers told
Independent crossbench peer Lord Harries of Pentregarth has tabled the Education (Values of British Citizenship) Bill.
Ban for autistic female teenager after transgender comment is condemned in House of Lords
Lord Triesman, the former FA chairman, denounces county that charged teenage footballer, saying ‘she has been treated in a ...
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Half of Brits think Church should be separate from state
Less than a quarter of people in Britain think the Church of England should remain part of the state, a survey has revealed.
Jo Johnson criticises past governments for legacy of poor university finances
The former universities minister says it was an ‘abdication of responsibility by recent governments’ to not take action ...
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British expats uncovered in Thailand as UK probes pension fraud
British expats soaking up the sun abroad will soon lose UK banking secrecy if there's a whiff of state pension fraud.
Armour-clad man, 34, turned up to Houses of Parliament with two samurai swords and asked to speak to Boris Johnson, court hears
A major security alert was sparked outside the House of Parliament when a man appeared in a suit of armour, allegedly ...
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IA denies House of Lords claims of conspiratorial nature in members meeting about cost disclosure
The Investment Association has denied claims made by a House of Lords member that it deliberately chose to interpret cost disclosure reforms in a way that disadvantages the closed-ended fund sector ...
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PHIL BRICKELL: New bill will clean up our waterways
The Water (Special Measures Bill) which was recently introduced in the House of Lords can only be welcomed and can’t come soon enough. For ...
UK markets watchdog softens naming and shaming plan
FCA Chief Executive Nikhil Rathi said the markets regulator planned to name only around one or two firms under investigation ...
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FCA admits its cost analysis of ‘name and shame’ proposals is ‘challenging’
The Financial Conduct Authority is finding it “challenging” to pull together a cost-benefit analysis of its controversial proposals to ‘name and shame’ firms under investigation, amid pressure to ...